At least one quarter of football - and four Rutgers touchdowns - were missed when SNY switched over to the Mets postgame show following the Mets' 2-0 victory.

The network switched over during Rutgers' second scoring drive near the end of the first quarter and did not come back until just after Tim Brown gave Rutgers a 35-0 lead with 2:57 left in the half.

"We were presented with a unique programming situation today, and we did our best to accommodate all of our viewers,'' the network stated in a release. "With the most important game of the Mets season taking place today, we felt it was necessary to provide complete post-game coverage, which interrupted the Rutgers telecast on SNY. We apologize to those viewers - and throughout the post-game show - we kept fans abreast of all the Rutgers action with live studio updates, as well as up-to-the-minute scores on our ticker. After the post-game show was over we immediately returned to the Rutgers game."

Rutgers wasn't happy.

"While we understand SNY's obligation to the Mets, we were disappointed the network pulled away from our game to air the Mets' post-game show,'' the school said in a release. "We will work with SNY to try and avoid this situation from happening again in the future."

ORIGINAL POST AT 5:13

OK, good to know more than just Rutgers fans our reading our blog.

SNY called us to explain their coverage in what - let's be honest - is a tough call for them.

And let's not forget, the Mets do own the network.

"We did our best to serve all of our viewers,'' SNY spokesman Andrew Fegyveresi said. "We did live updates throughout the postgame show. And as soon as the postgame show was over we went back to the game."

So there you have it. Now, what do you say: Was it the right call to go away from the game (and for more than a quarter) or not?